| Sat 26 | | Latham's Snipe, Stubble Quail
Castlemaine airstrip, Yapeen (restricted access) |
| 5 snipe flushed from an ephemeral wetland beside the airstrip. I've not ever come across Latham's Snipe in Mount Alexander Shire before, and there are few previous records. Lots of Stubble Quail calling from all directions (>10). eBird checklist |
| Lawrie Conole 29/11 #268648 |
| | Sanderling
Sandy Point |
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| Aprox 300 Sanderlings and Curlew Sandpipers with 50+ Bar-Tailed Godwits and 40 Eastern Curlews south of the surf club. |
| Rohan Bugg 27/11 #268646 |
| | Fairy Tern
Sandy Point |
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| 5 Fairy Terns on the ocean beach about 3 km south of the surf club. |
| Rohan Bugg 27/11 #268644 |
| Fri 25 | | Dollarbird
Carisbrook |
| Sitting on a power line at the edge of town. |
| Gary & Judy Smith 25/11 #268635 |
| Thu 24 | | Common Sandpiper
Barwon River at Sheepwash |
| Very high tide. Resting on post near mangroves. |
| Rodney Long 24/11 #268628 |
| Mon 21 |  | Bar-shouldered Dove
“Wibenduck”, Garnets Track, Jarrahmond |
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| Vik Dunis 21/11 #268617 |
| Sun 20 | | Inland Dotterel
Massacre bay,Peterborough |
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| Been present for 3 days now eBird checklist |
| Robert Anderson 20/11 #268615 |
| Sat 19 | | Crimson Chat, Budgerigar
Ned's Corner Station |
| 7x Crimson Chat and ~300x budgies (including several birds breeding) at a couple sites across Ned's Corner and Cullulleraine. eBird checklist |
| Daniel Terrington, Leigh Pieterse 19/11 #268613 |
| | White-breasted Woodswallow
Rossiter Rd, Bangholme (near ETP) |
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| Single bird seen hawking off one of the dead pine trees near the wetland. Dark head with clean cutoff to a white breast and under-body. Dark tail and blue bill. Landed on the power lines once and coughed up a pellet before resuming its hunting. eBird checklist |
| Ken Crawley 19/11 #268612 |
| Tue 15 | | Square-tailed Kite
St Arnaud Road, Eynesbury |
| Adult bird. Watched for 5 minutes cruising low over sugar gums by football oval. Clear view. Upswept wings, pale head, barred fingertips. eBird checklist |
| Chris Lunardi 15/11 #268609 |
| Sat 12 | | Great Knot
Stockyard Point |
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| Single bird amongst large combined flock of Curlew Sandpipers and Red-necked Stints eBird checklist |
| Robert Anderson 13/11 #268602 |
| | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Smart Street Reserve, Hawthorn |
| I heard the alarming call whilst walking the dog at 5.45. Very large bird seen briefly overhead being pursued/harassed by two Currawongs. Flying in a south westerly direction. |
| Andrew Hogg 13/11 #268601 |
| | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Gawa Wurundjeri Resource Trail, Watsons Creek |
| Seen at 9:00am flying in a mixed flock of about twenty birds, including Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Long-billed Corella and Little Corella. eBird checklist |
| Craig Lakey 12/11 #268600 |
| | Koel
Vicinity Knee Lane North Croydon |
| Appeared settled and calling intermittently. |
| Corrie & Ian Macartney, Emma Bridgeman 12/11 #268598 |
| | Eastern Koel
Upwey |
| Heard Koel calling around the Toorac Rd area at around 7 am. |
| Jeff Dickinson 12/11 #268596 |
| Fri 11 | | Dollarbird
Newport Lakes Park |
| A dollarbird was observed perched in a dead tree on the north edge of the park (almost level with eastern bend in Bruce St) at ~10.25am today. It was observed for about 5 minutes. Although silhoetted against bright overcast sky, the squarish head, bright red bill and feet were observed. It was chased off it's perch by a Red Wattlebird and the underwing 'silver dollars' were seen. Raspy kek call as it took off. It was last seen flying SW over the park and was unable to be relocated. Too distant for phone photo. |
| Joy Tansey 11/11 #268595 |
| | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Banyule Flats Reserve |
| Heard at 9.30am. Then at 9.45am following a chorus of alarm calls from Noisy Miners, Silver Gulls, Galahs, Rainbow Lorikeets and Magpies seen flying overhead being chased by Galahs, Rainbow Lorikeets and Magpies.
GPS of sighting: -37.7491446, 145.0874444 |
| Lyn Easton 11/11 #268594 |
| Tue 8 | | Olive Whistler
Devils Bend Reservoir |
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| Single bird mixing with Grey Shrike-thrushes and Golden Whistlers.
I have never seen one on the Mornington Peninsula before |
| Mark Lethlean 8/11 #268587 |
| Sat 5 | | Blue-faced Honeyeater
Frankston South |
| A pair were feeding on our grevilleas in our front garden. Once again, the lousy noisy minors scared them off. |
| Liz Bawden 5/11 #268576 |